Planning a Career in Engineering: Parental Effects on Sons and Daughters
This paper examines the extent to which prospective engineers follow in their parents’ footsteps. Specifically, we investigate the connection between fathers’ and mothers’ employment in the engineering profession and the career plans of sons and daughters. We develop a number of reasons to expect an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/1/2 |